New Jersey legislators pressed Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s administration on how to shore up the state’s almost broke transportation fund. Without new funding, the amount of debt to be paid for road, bridge and public transportation projects will outweigh all revenue sources, including nearly $600 million from the state's gas tax.

To cover the costs, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture plans to charge marijuana growers $100,000 annually and ask them to pay 7 percent of the gross sales the producers receive from getting the product to pharmacies.

The legislation, which now goes to the Missouri Senate, would ban the donation of fetal tissue from abortions and establish a tracking system for fetal remains from abortions. It also requires hospitals, abortion clinics, and pathology labs that deal with fetal-tissue remains from abortions to adopt whistle-blower protection policies.

The legislation would establish a presumption that when firefighters get cancer it is a result of their work, making it easier for them to access benefits from the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.

The state is cracking down on social media accounts managed for inmates by friends or relatives while the prisoners have no internet access in prison. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said it’s prohibiting the accounts because many social media companies bar people from operating an account in someone else's name.

Providing health care coverage to low-income children through Arizona’s version of the Children's Health Insurance Program could deliver long-term economic benefits with fewer high-school dropouts and more college graduates, a new study says.

The legislation would require health insurers in Oklahoma to cover screening, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder in individuals younger than 9 years old. Children also would have access to applied behavior analysis for up to 25 hours a week, with a limit of $25,000 a year.

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